compliments of the house

it's beautiful outside today. as in, stopcatchyourbreathlookupandgrinstupidlyjustbecauseyougettobealiveinthemiddleofthis beautiful.

it's so bloody beautiful that i'm about to stage a walkout.

i mean, conveniently, i've also got a serious headache of the pleaseremovetherailroadspikefrommycranium variety, so at least i've got an excuse. other than the fact that it's absolutely CRIMINAL to be breating recycled airconditioning and fluorscence bathing on a day like today. it's just not right.

my lord.

i had someone tell me today that they think i look better with my glasses than without. i know that this was supposed to be a compliment, but...really. it's kind of like being told that your face requires an accessory in order to be palatable. my face doesn't require accessories, dammit! bloody double-edged compliments. cut deeper than most people realize, maybe because people realize so rarely what it is that they've actually just dished out. "oh, look at that face! you'd be so pretty if you lost twenty pounds" "what about that brown color your hair was before--i liked that so much, that was so great," ...many people genuinely believe these to be compliments. i know this for a fact, because i've dealt a few myself (immediately slapping myself the instant the ohmygodlistendtomethatwasn'twhatimeantatall registers)...but really. we should all be more careful, don't you think?

take advice on how to give compliments from this one on how to give a compliment: "hey shiv--your hair's straight! it looks really nice!"

take notes.